Only bikes with pollution under control papers will be allowed, Haryana tells NGT

NEWDELHI:THE Haryana government has told the National Green Tribunal that only motorcycles which have valid pollution under control (PUC) certificates would be allowed to participate in the rally. The submission was made in an affidavit filed in response to a plea seeking reduction in the number of bikes at the rally in Jind on the grounds that pollution will be caused.

The NGT asked the parties to file their replies and posted the matter for hearing on February 15,thedayoftherally. Thestate pollution control board told a bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore that preventive measures like deployment of volunteers have been advised.

“The respondent (state pollution control board) has already advised the Jind DC to permit only those vehicles which have valid PUC Certificates to take part in the proposed rally,” it said.

The board said the petition should be dismissed as it is based on “assumptions, conjectures and surmises” and there was no reason to believe that the proposed rally was likely to cause adverse impact on the environment of Delhi-ncr. HC HEARS RESPONSES TO ITS NOTICES TODAY On Monday, the Punjab and Haryana high court bench of justice AK Mittal and justice AS Grewal had put the Haryana government, the state BJP unit and the

Union ministry of home affairs on notice on a plea seeking necessary steps to maintain law and order.

The matter there is posted for Wednesday (today).